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interpretor

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English

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Noun

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interpretor (plural interpretors)

  1. Archaic form of interpreter.

Latin

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Etymology

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From interpres (agent, translator) +‎ -ārī (to be ~ed).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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interpretor (present infinitive interpretārī, perfect active interpretātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to explain, expound
  2. to interpret, translate
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate In Job praefatio:
      Hoc unum scio, non potuisse me interpretari, nisi quod ante intellexeram.
      I only know this one thing: I could not translate what I did not understand.
    • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae 7.5.1:
      Angeli Graece vocantur, Hebraice malachoth, Latine vero nuntii interpretantur, ab eo quod Domini voluntatem populis nuntiant.
      Angels are called thus in Greek, and malakhoth in Hebrew, [literally] translated into Latin as "messengers" because they deliver God's will to the [world's] many peoples.
  3. to understand, conclude

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • interpretor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • interpretor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interpretor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to explain a dream: somnium interpretari
    • to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
  • interpretor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French enterpreter.

Noun

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interpretor n (plural interpretoare)

  1. interpreter

Declension

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Declension of interpretor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative interpretor interpretorul interpretoare interpretoarele
genitive-dative interpretor interpretorului interpretoare interpretoarelor
vocative interpretorule interpretoarelor